Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> On 06/20/2014 10:52 PM, Christian Lamparter wrote: >>> >>>> rtl8192su development is chugging along. It just doesn't take place on >>>> driverdev list. The driver reached "feature parity" with rtl8192cu for >>>> some time ago. But as with rtl8192cu, I would recommend adding just >>>> a friendly "printk". Yup, Realtek really outdid themselves with the USB >>>> devices. >>> >>> IMO rtl8192u staging driver should be replaced asap with >>> https://github.com/chunkeey/rtl8192su >>> Because people are wasting time fixing the staging code with no future. >>> >>> It also happens with rtl8188eu/rtl8xxxu >> >> Looking at that page, the first thing that stands out is >> "r92su: update to cfg80211 API 3.19-rc2" >> >> None of the rtl drivers should be using cfg80211, they should be running >> against mac80211 - unless the 8192su is that fundamentally different. > The rtl8712u firmware interface is fundamentally different. > For starters, the firmware expects you to use connect/joinibss, scan, > disconnect commands with an API much like cfg80211. OK, I don't know that much about the 8712, my primary target has been the 8188 and 8192. I think I did pick up an 8712 when I went gadget shopping, but I need to double check :) > But as I mentioned before: "I would recommend adding just a _friendly_ > printk" I'm happy adding a printk - what would you like it to say? Cheers, Jes _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
